Combined truck and supporting-stand.



PATENTED MAY 21,1907.

c. BAWLINSON. I COMBINED TRUCK AND SUPPORTING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED 313.15, 1907.

- l nvemhov-z Chavlas Rawlinson W'ihmsses Atalgy's NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED TRUCK AND SUPPORTING-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 21, 1907.

Application filed February 15, 1907. Serial No. 357,566.

.To all whom, it may concern:

tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a com bined trunk truck and supporting stand embodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective viewshowing some of the members of the truck disassembled; and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the way in which a trunk is placed on the truck.

This invention relates to trunk trucks and is an improvement upon the truck shown in my prior patent No. 843,234, dated February 5, 1907.

One object of my invention is to provide a truck that can be adjusted to fit trunks of different sizes.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined trunk truck and supportin stand which presents a neat and ornamenta appearance and which can be manufactured at a small cost.

Referring to the drawings which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1 designates the members which form the ends of the combined truck and sup orting stand. These members are preferab y constructed of metal and each comprise a central inclined portion having vertically disposed portions 1 at its opposite ends. Two of said members are' arranged in the form of a cross or X to form one end of the truck, the members which form one end being provided with inwardly extending flat arms 2 and the members which form the other end being provided with outwardly extending arms 3 having up-turned portions 4 that prevent the trunk from shifting longitudinally of the truck, the members 1 having rollers 1 mounted in the lower ends thereof. The members 1 at the point where they cross each other are enlarged at 5, as shown in Fig. 2, and co-opcrating notches 6 are formed in these enlarged portions so that the two members can be nested together, thus preventing them from moving relatively to each other and also placing them in the same vertical plane.

An adjustable member connects the two ends of the truck together, said adjustable member consisting of a non-circular bar 7 that is telescoped inside of a bar 8, these two bars being provided at their outer ends with reduced portions 9 that fit in non-circular openings 10 formed in the enlarged portions 5 of the members 1, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of said reduced portions are provided with screw-threads 11 for receiving clamping nuts 12 which securely lock the end members of the truck to the bars 7 and 8, said nuts be ing preferably provided with integral handles 13 which are grasped to move or lift the truck. The bars 7 and 8 are connected together by some suitable means such, for example, as a set screw 14. A foot-piecel5 is located at one end of the truck on which the operator puts his foot when placing the trunk on the truck, said foot-piece being preferably formed integral with inclined brace bars 16 that converge at their upper ends and are connected to a sleeve 17 mount ed on the bar 8, a set-screw 18 being provided for securing the sleeve 17 to the bar 8 and the lower ends of the inclined braces 16 being bifurcated so as to straddle the vertically disposed portions 1 at the lower ends of the members 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

To place a trunk on the truck, the trunk is first set up on its end, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the truck is arranged in the position shown in said figure so that the upwardly projecting portions 4 of the arms 3 will extend underneath the end of the trunk. The operator, then placing his foot on the foot-piece 15, tilts the trunk toward him and lowers the elevated end of the truck back to its normal position so that the trunk will be supported in a horizontal position high enough from the floor to enable a person to handle the articles in the trunk without stooping down or bending over. The truck can be adjusted to fit a short or a long trunk by loosening the set screw 14 and moving the ends of the truck toward or away from each other.

The device presents a neat and ornamental appearance and as it is of very simple construction it can be manufactured at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A truck of the character described having ends that are formed by crossed members each of which is enlarged at its point of intersection with its co-operating member, said enlarged portions being provided with notches that interlock with each other, a horizontal bar connecting the members at each end of the truck together and provided with threaded portions that extend through openings in the end members at the points where they cross each other, and clamping nuts mounted on the threaded portions of said bar; substantially as described.

2. A truck of the character described each end of which is formed by two metal members arranged to form an X, a horizontal bar secured to each pair of end members at the point where they cross each other, and handles fastened to the ends of said bar; substantially as described.

3. A truck of the character described each end of which is formed by two metal members arranged to form an X, a horizontal bar secured to each pair of end members at the point where they cross each other, handles fastened to the ends of said bar, supporting arms at the upper ends of said end members, and rollers mounted in the lower ends of said members; substantially as described.

4. A truck of the character described comprising end members, a horizontal bar for connecting said end members together and having threaded portions which project through openings in said end members, nuts mounted on said threaded portions, and handles formed integral with said nuts; substantially as described.

5. A truck of the character described comprising crossed end members, a horizontal bar connected to said members at the points where they intersect, a foot-piece arranged between the members which form one end of the truck, and inclined brace bars extending from the foot-piece member to the horizontal bar and being connected to said bar; substantially as described.

6. A truck of the character described comprising crossed end members, a horizontal bar connected to said members at the points where they intersect, a foot-piece arranged between the members which formone end of the truck, inclined brace bars formed integral with said foot-piece member and provided with bifurcated ends that straddle the lower ends of the end members, and an adjustable sleeve mounted on the horizontal bar and having the upper ends of the brace bars connected thereto; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afHX my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this twelfth day of February 1907.

CHARLES RAWLINSON.

Witnesses:

WELLS L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

